CVE-2019-13638

Description

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

2.089

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1_i386.deb	Linux
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.6-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.6-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb	Linux
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.6-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.2_i386.deb	Linux
Apply a diff file to an original (USN-4071-1) patch_2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb	Linux
patch security update(DSA-4489-1) patch_2.7.5-1+deb9u2_i386.deb	Linux
patch security update(DSA-4489-1) patch_2.7.5-1+deb9u2_amd64.deb	Linux
patch security update(DSA-4489-1) patch_2.7.6-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb	Linux
(RHSA-2019:2964) patch security update patch-2.7.1-12.el7_7.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2019:2964)Important: security update patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.el7_7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234